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Lol Before you lot get TOO carried away, can I as the SPAM Englishman in residence point out to you all that it’s a Spitfire…

…Therefore by default it is a BRITISH beauty – she is merely wearing fancy foreign clothing.



Great thread so far Torben, I shall be following your build with interest.

And everyone know's the drink of choice when building a Spitife, can only be a Spitfire!



Cheers!

mostrich wrote:John, thank you for your reply. These are mouth watering pictures of the IP you show us. Is there a link to more of that build, please?
I'm sure the Eduard panel can be fixed with some "basic modeling skills", but why bother? I'm a lazy man with a nice after market part on my bench. And yes, it comes like shown in the picture. You just have to glue it in place. Aaah yeah, I'm lazy...

I see it as a smart choice not laziness! My Spitfire IXc build is on a different modeling site...

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/d ... tic.43800/
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jkim wrote:I see it as a smart choice not laziness! My Spitfire IXc build is on a different modeling site...

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/d ... tic.43800/
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Nothing wrong with a bit of Lazy

John - that is a stunning IP! - I just need to look at the rest of the build! (blooming PB)

portman wrote:Lol Before you lot get TOO carried away, can I as the SPAM Englishman in residence point out to you all that it’s a Spitfire…

…Therefore by default it is a BRITISH beauty – she is merely wearing fancy foreign clothing.

How about like this?

Stikpusher wrote:How about like this?

Starting today in your SPAM-Cinema:
"The Men Who Stare at Styrene"
Starring: Gal Gadot - a Spitfire - Mostrich
Co-Starring: Good looking RAF personnel.

I have to admit that for me as a modeler the fun begins AFTER the fuselage's closed. Not that building and painting the cp would annoy me, but there are other aspects that l enjoy more. I'm not gone overboard with detailing and weathering, because at the end a cp of any WW2-fighter (in 1/48) is maybe a bit more than a dark and tiny hole. But the Spit has, in contrast to the most other fighters of her time, a hinged door that could reveal this modeler's laziness, so I did what I thought I had to do.


A wholeheartedly thank you to John. His WIP was a great help and inspiration. I just thought how to depict the oxygen hose on the starboard wall (guitar string came to mind, but I'm not a player), I read about his solution by simply wrapping wire around a -now hold your breath- wire! Mine's a bit clumsy and out of scale, but it does what it's made for: It lets the cp look busy. Additionally a placard from a spare decal sheet found it's way between hose and IP.
Control stick and colored PE for the compass housing were attached right after this pictures were made.


The port wall with the door opening. All this will hardly be seen again.


Test fit of the fuselage halves looks very promising. Going to close her up tonight.

Torben

Wow... your Spitfire cockpit looks amazing! I can verify that it all tends to get hidden once the fuselage halves go together but your cockpit rendition looks great EVEN under the scrutiny of the close-up photography, which indicates top quality work. Definitely worthy of an open door depiction!

Spitfire Porn!!!

Loving the cockpit!!

Very nice work Torben! I agree about leaving the side hatch open along with the canopy hood to show off that work!